In this lightning talk (and my first in-person speaking engagement; I’m naturally introverted so go easy on me!), my intention is to give people a refresher as to the basics of WordPress security best-practice, including three security plugins I wouldn’t do without!
This session will focus on creating effective disaster recovery plans for WordPress websites so as to prepare for emergencies like site crashes, data loss, and failed updates. It will highlight identifying common disaster scenarios and understanding their impact, automating backups, choosing the right disaster recovery tools, and testing disaster recovery processes to ensure that they work when they are actually needed. It will also discuss failover strategies, such as using reliable hosting providers, CDNs, strong … Continue reading
“My website? Who’d want to hack that?” – If you’ve ever had this thought, you’re not alone – but you might be surprised. Welcome to “WordPress Security 101: Mind the Hack”, where we’ll challenge one of the most common misconceptions of website owners: that small or new websites are safe from cyber threats. The truth is that when it comes to WordPress hacking, everyone’s a target. In this session, we’ll pull back the curtain on … Continue reading
So you’ve been to the security, that other security talk and that really scary one. You followed the advice, and you are feeling confident. Perhaps you have never been to a security talk let alone scary one but feel its time to at least find out how you stand. In this talk, Tim is going to go through how to run a basic penetration test of a WordPress website. From start to finish, looking at … Continue reading
A look at the initiatives to improve the PHP landscape of the WordPress ecosystem.
Logging and monitoring is an important, but usually overlooked aspect of web application design. We debug them for eons in development, but what about after we’ve handed it over to our client? What happens if something goes wrong? This talk will introduce the benefits of logging and monitoring and a few tips on how to implement them.
With the start of the new year, now is the time to ensure that your content is up-to-date.
A LeanCoffee style panel discussion covering accessibility and vulnerability within WordPress.
A lightning talk discussing WordPress cacheing using the .htaccess file.
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